I’ve mentioned before that I love reading histories of movies or shows — Clueless, The Princess Bride — and now I can add Seinfeldia to that list. I wouldn’t bother with this one if you don’t like the show, but if you do — this was a great read. “By 2013, Seinfeld would become the most successful show ever in syndication. Networks buy reruns in packages sold in “cycles,” and Seinfeld was the first show in history to get to a fifth cycle, taking its rerun sales through 2017—nearly twenty […]
No Hugging, No Learning
The first episode of Seinfeld, titled The Seinfeld Chronicles and more of a “special” than a series pilot, premiered when I was about 18 months old and the much maligned series finale aired a few months after I turned 10. Learning these dates astonished me because, while I knew Seinfeld was a”90s” show, this means there is basically no chance I saw a single episode “live”- at least not intentionally. My parents watched Seinfeld but I can’t imagine them enjoying it with their tween children. Regardless, I’ve seen every […]